Forward Kentucky: Dear Kentuckians: Don't get played
In these days of social media, political spin, and lies told in public-relations-speak, it’s more important than ever that we don’t allow ourselves to be fooled or led astray. In other words, it’s important that we not get played.
I know whereof I speak. For much of my early adult life, if you looked up “naive” in the dictionary, there was my picture. It was only through some interesting personal experiences, plus years of observing the political arena, that I finally came to realize all was not as it appeared, and that getting played by others was a constant danger.
Now, as we deal with this massive crisis of both public health and economic impact, we all have to be aware of the attempts of others to obfuscate the truth, to spin our opinions, or even to lead us to actions based on that spin. So, I’m sharing three areas where we have to be particularly careful not to get played.